Don't judge by outward appearance

Posted by: "J.M. Ngul Khan Pau" jamangpau@gmail.com
Sat Aug 1, 2009 3:59 pm (PDT)



July 31, 2009

Many years ago, a boy was born in Russia who thought himself to be so ugly,
he was certain there would be no happiness for him in life. He bemoaned the
fact that he had a wide nose, thick lips, small gray eyes, and big hands and
ffet. He was so distraught about his ugliness, he asked God to work a
miracle and turn him into a handsome man. He vowed that if God would do
this, he would give Him all possessed, as well as all he might possess in
the future.

That Russian boy was Count Tolstoy, one of the world's foremost authors in
the twentieth century, perhaps best known for his epic *War* *and Peace*. In
one of his books, Tolstoy admits that through the years he discovered that
the beauty of physical apprearnce he had once sought was not the only beauty
in life. Indeed, it was not the best beauty. Instead, Tolstoy came to regard
*the beauty of a strong character* as having the greatest good in God's
sight*.*
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So many people spend enormous sums today on their physical appearance.
Character, in contrast, is not a matter of money or of looks. It is a matter
of doing what is right apart from money, and of standing up for what is
right apart from appearance. This is inner beauty. God does not look at the
outward appearance of man, but the integrity of his or her heart.

Have you ever consider the beauty of soul in the sight of God? What is
trully beautiful for the Lord. It is the character that is pleasing in His
sight is the true and lasting beauty. If so, Joseph of the Bible, Daniel and
his friends, Caleb and Jepthah will be the super models of God.

Pau


Impossible is Nothing!

When Ferdinand de Lesseps heard that his childhood friend Mohammed Said had been named viceroy of Egypt, de Lesseps wasted no time in getting to Cairo. Both men were in high spirits when they met outside Alexandria on November 13, 1854. De Lesseps had come to Egypt primarily to discuss with Said an idea he had for a canal, but he did not bring it up immediately. Instead, he waited for a sign from God. When he rose before dawn, he knew the moment had come. He later wrote: “The sun's rays were already lighting up the eastern horizon; in the west it was still dark and cloudy. Suddenly I saw a vivid-colored rainbow stretching across the sky from east to west. I must admit that I felt my heart beat violently, for this token of a covenant seemed to presage that the moment had come for consummation of the Union between East and West.

De Lesseps rode immediately to Said's tent, and before the day was out, his proposal for the Great Suez Canal had been approved. God may not send you a rainbow as a sign, but His covenant with you is sure. Why not look to Him for His answer-both for the innovative ideas you need and for the precise timing in which to do them.

Motto: “Impossibilities vanish when a man and his God confront a mountain” (Matt 19:26)